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Stefanie Bailer @stefaniebailer.bsky.social · 16d

Our new study in
@jwpp.bsky.social
shows that online abuse on social media discourages young women from pursuing political offices—before their actual political careers have even begun.

with @dahoehmann.bsky.social and Tomoko Latteier

www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10....

An Early Leak in the Pipeline – Online Abuse as a Barrier for Young Women’s Political Engagement

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Defacto Expert @defactoexpert.bsky.social · Aug 19

Wahlkampf in den sozialen Medien: Lokale Posts wirken nicht - @ohuwyler.bsky.social, @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social

Parlamentsmitglieder sprechen ihren Wahlkreis mittels lokalen Posts direkt an, obwohl diese Strategie nicht belohnt wird.

www.defacto.expert/2025/08/19/w...

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Christina Gahn @christinagahn.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 New publication alert! 🚨
"From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election" 🇦🇹🗳️🤝

📄 Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0140...

By Manuel Scharrer, @janabernhard.bsky.social, @marvins.bsky.social, @schnizzl.bsky.social and me

From crisis governance to electoral normality and the longest coalition negotiations: the 2024 Austrian parliamentary election

The 2024 Austrian parliament election reflects both continuity and transformation within the political landscape of the country. Following a turbulent inter-election period marked by multiple crise...

doi.org

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Jul 28

Call for Papers: "Knowing Without Knowing: How False Confidence Shapes the World"

🗓️ Deadline: 23.4.2026
🔗 www.nature.com/collections/...

Co-Edited with: M. Adamus, S. Chen

#Misinformation #ConspiracyBeliefs #Polarization #ScienceDenial #Overconfidence 🧪

🔄 Help us spread the word!

Knowing without knowing: how false confidence shapes the world

This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications collection explores the mechanisms and impact of false or misplaced confidence, and how it shapes the ...

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Jul 18

That's super interesting and speaks directly to the ongoing research project of the bsky-less Tomas Turner-Zwinkels (Tilburg University). His Veni project focuses on turnover during legislative terms and representation of marginalised groups:
www.nwo.nl/en/projects/...

The Forgotten Half of the Representation Puzzle: (Why) Do Women, Low-Class and Ethnic Minorities Politicians Leave Western Parliaments Early, and Who Takes Their Place? | NWO

Status In progress

www.nwo.nl

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · Jul 10

📢 Thrilled to share our new article introducing CampaignView—a comprehensive open-source dataset of congressional candidate campaign bios and policy platforms (2018–2022). Paper + data here: campaignview.org & doi.org/10.7910/DVN/... 🧵1/4

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Apr 15

📣 New research in EJPR together with the wonderful @nathaliegiger.bsky.social, @stefaniebailer.bsky.social, T. Turner-Zwinkels & S. Heller:

We find:
1) MPs use more constituency signals while campaigning,
2) voters notice the signals,
3) but don't reward that behaviour.

doi.org/10.1111/1475...

Constituency references in social media: MPs' usage and voters' reaction

Social media platforms offer MPs the opportunity to directly signal attention to their local voters in the constituency. And while previous research has linked the strategic use of such local cues in...

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Apr 14

🎉 Das Warten hat ein Ende: Das Programm für das Pint of Science Festival 2025 in #Wien ist online! 🍻🧠

Vom 19. bis 21. Mai erwarten euch zahlreiche spannende Vorträge in gemütlicher Atmosphäre.

Alle Details und Tickets findet ihr hier: pintofscience.at/events/wien

#Pint25AT

Pint of Science Vienna

Researchers across Vienna share their discoveries with you.

pintofscience.at

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Mar 31

Wie die Merkmale der Kandidierenden ihre (Nicht-)Wahl entscheiden 🗳️

📣 Mein neuer Beitrag in @defactoexpert.bsky.social zeigt, wie oft Faktoren wie das Geschlecht oder der Bisherigenstatus tatsächlich über den Gewinn eines Sitzes entscheiden.

DeFacto-Artikel: shorturl.at/DhZZJ

Wie die Merkmale der Kandidierenden über ihre (Nicht-)Wahl entscheiden – DeFacto

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Mar 26

Gender, ethnicity, or incumbency: While they affect how many votes candidates get in open list PR, they don't necessarily determine who wins a seat.

📣 My new research note in @electoralstudies.bsky.social tackles this discrepancy by studying counterfactual scenarios.

👉 Full paper shorturl.at/0QRZ7

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Mar 4

📣 Mein Bericht in der neuesten Ausgabe von Digitize!-News @stawi-univie.bsky.social zu politischer Professionalisierung:

Die Bevölkerung erwartet, dass Politikerinnen und Politiker ein Vollzeitamt nicht mit einer weiteren Erwerbstätigkeit kombinieren.

👉 Bericht: shorturl.at/BVOzH

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Feb 24

My findings are based on a survey experiment conducted in the context of Austrian local government. The data were collected using the Digitize! Online Panel: doi.org/10.11587/8SF...

Digitize! Online Panel Survey (SUF edition)

Full edition for scientific use. The Digitize! Online Panel Survey is an offline-recruited Austrian opinion survey which measures attitudes and beh...

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Feb 24

Conversely, the study provides no evidence that trust in politicians with day jobs depends on the individual decision-making powers of their public office (legislative instead of executive role).

Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Feb 24

📣 When do citizens accept politicians with a day job? My new study in @lgstudies.bsky.social shows how it depends on public office professionalisation.

When offices with greater time demands and higher pay are combined with day jobs, citizens trust politicians less.

Open access: shorturl.at/m18Fd

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Institut für Staatswissenschaft / Department of Government @stawi-univie.bsky.social · Feb 14

We are excited to announce the release of the new #AUTNES dashboard! 🥳

Discover insights on Austrian voters' attitudes and behavior from 23 waves of the AUTNES Online Panel Study (2017–2024) here: 131.130.71.40:3838/autnes/
📝📈🗳️

Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Feb 13

📊 Neues AUTNES Daten Dashboard ist live! 🎉

Es bietet Einblicke in die politischen Entwicklungen in #Österreich von 2017 bis 2024. Basierend auf der #AUTNES Online Panel Study lässt sich die Dynamik der öffentlichen Meinung über mehrere #Wahlen hinweg erkunden. 🗳️🔍🧵

🔗 131.130.71.40:3838/autnes/

Startseite des AUTNES Online Panel Study: Data Dashboard. Die Grafik zeigt die Entwicklung des Vertrauens in den Nationalrat von 2017 bis 2024. Die Farbskala reicht von dunkelrot (sehr geringes Vertrauen, 0) bis dunkelblau (sehr hohes Vertrauen, 10). Die Mehrheit der Befragten vertraut dem Parlament nur wenig oder teilweise.

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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · Dec 6

🎄🌟 Exciting news! 📊🎉

The AUTNES Online Panel Study 2017–2024 is here! 🎁🤩

Explore 23 survey waves to uncover the dynamics of voting behavior and public opinion in Austria. 🗳️🇦🇹

Access the data via #AUSSDA ➡️ doi.org/10.11587/HNU...

#AUTNES #ElectionStudies #Polisky #DataRelease #WeLoveData ❤️

Sankey diagram illustrating the patterns of vote switching across the parliamentary elections 2013, 2017, 2019, and 2024.

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Ellis Aizenberg @eaizenberg.bsky.social · Oct 10

Come work @dovilerimkute.bsky.social, Caelesta Braun and me! PhD Position at the Institute of Public Admin, Leiden University on interest representation and political attitudes. Inspiring + friendly working environment, opportunity + resources to develop research. Deadline 10/11 tinyurl.com/mrbeps77

PhD Candidate for the research project 'Interest representation and political attitudes'

The Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University is looking for aPhD Candidate for the research project ‘Interest representation and political attitudes’Vacancy number: 14144Interest or...

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hier noch der Link zur Sendung: tvthek.orf.at/profile/ZIB-...

Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Oct 17

Gestern Abend durfte ich in der #ZIB3 des #ORF meine Einschätzung zu Love Politics, einem Projekt zur Ausbildung von Politikerinnen und Politikern, abgeben.

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Anne Binderkrantz @annebind.bsky.social · Oct 4

I'm happy to share this new paper about political elites. We find that elite careers are more distinct and shifts across elites less common than often assumed (with a great group of co-authors): ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/5

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Oliver Huwyler @ohuwyler.bsky.social · Oct 4

Thanks, Julia 🙂

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